Flow cytometry as the spearhead for delivering sustainable and versatile laboratory services to HIV-burdened health care systems of the developing world: A Caribbean model

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Abayomi, E Akinola ^a,b   Landis, R Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; CD4 lymphocyte count; Consumables; Flow cytometry; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunological monitoring; Resource poor countries

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES;

EID: 42449162911     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20400     Document Type: Review

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